Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-08-05
THE NATION.


destroyed by fire the other day.
Gen J. NJ. Conely, editor and proprietor
to the Toledo Commercial. is dead.
The international medical congress will
be held in Washington In September.
Eight deaths occurred in Philadelphia
from the excessive heat on the 2lst inst
The Massachusetts, republican state con
yention has been called to meet in Boston
Sept. -.
The widow OF Gen Hancock is a candi-
date for the position of postmaster in
Washington.
The Cunard company has heen sued at
New York for damages arising from the
oregon disaster.
The republicans OF Ohio have announced
Senator John sherman as their candidate
for the presidency.
Indians in the vicinity of Aitkin, Mimi.
are at war among themselves. Several
murders have occurred
j. w. Drexel, the New York banker, has
donated to the Union Veterans, the cot
'age in which Gen. Grant died
An "anti-coercion" society has been
formed in Chicago. The coercion law is
denounced and its repeal demanded.
Miss Rose Cleveland, the presidents
sister, will take the vice principa'ship Of n
private school in Fifth avenue, New York
President Cleveland will accept the in
vitation extended to himself and Mrs
Cleveland to visit st. Louis in Se2tcmbe~
A Negro who gave his name as Geo~ge
Washington, was hanged at New Orleans,
La, for attempting to outrage young
lady.
Mary Oberly of New York il under ar
rest charged with keeping a baby farm
and eau ing the death of children through
neglect.
Merchants OF Michigan and other states,
have filed a complaint against the trunk
lines for an alleged violation of the inter
state commerce law.
An accident on the Hooksett branch OF
the Concord railroad, near Conc ord, y.
H., resulted in the death of two persons
and the serious injury of several others
The Eon. David Dudley Field has de.
cided TO submit his project for an inter
national arbitration council TO a small
committee Of European and American
jurists.
Blind Tom" the musical prodigy who
has been held as chattle ever since his
musical genius made him valuable, has
been delivered into the custody of his
mother.
The tota collections from all sources OF
internal revenue for the fiscal year just
ended were Slls,N5 -. This is 81 q32, SIS
more than the collections for the previous
fiscal year.
Ebenezer Stanyard, convicted Of the
murder of Alice Hancox, his sweetheart,
in March last, was sentenced to be hanged
November IS in the penitentiary at Co
lumbus, Ohio.
Great damage has been done 10y freshets
in Maine New Hampshire and Massachu-
sets. Bridges have been washed away
and railroad traffic suspended, and the
Joss in property is very great
respite has been granted in the case
OF young Barclay Peak of Mt. Holly, n.
j., the convicted murderer, who is lying
in Jail under sentence of death.
Chas. Bohn, Vincennes, Ind, recently
sold his wife to J. Ii. Bunch, a blind man,
for 500. The money was never paid and
the case has been taken into the courts.
a new way has been discovered here
by railroad traffic managers evade the
Interstate law. 1t consists in filing claims
for damages TO freight while in transit.
An express train dashed into freight
on the Baltimore q Ohio, near West New
ton, Pa, instantly killing the engineer
and seriously injuring fireman. The
air brakes refused TO work.
The acreage of corn in Kansas this year
is said TO be 80 per cent larger than in
1886, though in some of the eastern coun-
ties the crop has been injured by the
drought and will fall below the average.
That portion of Cincinnati known as
Sloptown, was almost entirely destroyed
by fire a few days ago. Over 40 houses
were burned, the burned area extending
over five acres. Fifty cows were burned
Chas. II. Reed, the lawyer who defended
Guiteau, attempted suicide by jumping
into the North river in New York. He
was rescued and taken to Bellevue hospi
tai, where he lies in a precarious condi-
ton.
Hereafter any city wishing to invite
the President to visit it can do SO by
mail instead of sending delegation to
Washington. The President says written
invitation will receive as much considera-
ton.
Mrs. J.. G.. Bronette, her daughter, hus
band and Louis Bronette, wealthy farmers
of Sioux City, Iowa, have been arrested
for numbering the illegitmate child OF
Louis Bronette by Ella Rivers, a servant
in the family
McGarigle, the Chicago boodler who es
capped from Jail in that city, landed at
Point Edward, Canada, the other morn
ing. 1t is doubtful if he can be extradited.
McGarigle says however, that ne is will
ing 20 go back
The Rockland cafe and large clam bake
pavilion connected with Hotel Nantasket,
at NantaSket Beach, were burned the 9th
e. evening. The great hotel itself was
,aved with great difficulty; loss about
$4,000 insured.
The national committee of the prohibit
ton party has been called to meet in Chi
cago. H., on the 10th OF November, 1887
at 10 a. m, for the purpose of fixing the
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